Progress in Fourier Transform Spectroscopy

19 plenary lectures and 203 poster papers presented at the 10th International Conference of Fourier Transform Spectroscopy in Budapest 1995 give an overview on the state-of-the art of this technology and its wide range of applications. The reader will get information on any aspects of FTS including the latest instrumental developments, e.g. in diode array detection, time resolution FTS, microscopy and spectral mapping, double modulation and two-dimensional FTS.

Lectures.- Raman Spectroscopy of Polymeric Fibers.- High-Resolution Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy in Solid State Physics.- Quantitative Infrared Intensities of Neat Liquids: Their Measurement and Use.- Digging for Light in Semiconductor Mines — Infrared Views of Luminescent Porous Silicon.- Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopic Study on Photochemical Processes in Langmuir-Blodgett Films.- Monitoring the Mechanism of Biological Reactions by Infrared Spectroscopy.- In situ Fourier Transform Infrared Studies of Active Sites and Reaction Mechanisms in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Hydrocarbon Conversion on H-Zeolites.- FT-IR Spectra of Nanoparticles: Surface and Adsorbate Modes.- Medical Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy.- The Colorful World of Quasilinearity as Revealed by High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy.- Stratospheric FTS.- From Vibrational Intensity Spectroscopy to Non-linear Optical Properties of Organic Molecules in Electronics and Photonics.- Determination of Conformation of Biopolymers by Particle Beam/Infrared Spectrometry.- New Developments in FT Spectrometer Design.- The Application of FT-IR Spectroelectrochemistry to the Study of Conductive Polymers.- Astronomical Fourier-Transform Spectroscopy of the 1990s.- Automatic Interpretation of Infrared Spectra.- Time-Resolved FT Emission Spectroscopy and its Application in Molecular Spectroscopy and Kinetics.- Photoacoustic Depth Profiling, Dynamic Rheo-optics, and Spectroscopic Imaging Microscopy of Polymers by Step-Scanning FT-IR Spectrometry.- Analytical Applications, Problem Solving — I.- FT-Raman (NIR) and FT-IR Study of the Aromaticity Changes in Complexes of o-, m-, and p-Iodobenzoic Acids with Chosen Metals.- FT-IR Study on Triple Complexes Between Vesicles, Polynucleotides and Metal Ions.- Photothermal Absorption Spectroscopy of Mica.- Radiometric Applications of Fourier-Transform Spectrometers.- Depth Profiling of Wool Fibres by FT-IR ATR Spectroscopy.- Mid-Infrared as a New Tool for Detecting Adulteration in Fruit Products.- An FT-IR and Raman Spectroscopy Study of Electrochemically Modified Woollen Fabric.- FT-IR and FT-Raman Spectroscopy of Processed Cotton Fabrics — A Chemometric Study.- FT-IR Investigations and Modelling of Anisotropic Materials: Application to Carbon Fibre Composites.- Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Asbestos, Transite and Concrete.- Investigation of Electrically Stressed SF6 Gas by Using FT-IR Spectroscopy.- An FT-IR Study of Alizarin Red S Adsorbed at the Fluorapatite-Water Interface.- A Drift Spectroscopy Study of Oxidatively Modified Cotton-Cellulose.- FT-IR Spectroscopic Investigation of the Transformation of Allyl Cyanide in the Presence of Butyl-lithium.- FT-IR Study of the HEHEHP-n-Heptane-Water Systems.- Far-Infrared Spectra of Kaolinite/Alkali Metal Halide Complexes.- Vibrational Spectra of Metal Dithiocarbamates.- Analytical Applications, Problem Solving — II, General Areas.- FT-IR and FT-Raman Spectroscopic Studies on Phase Transitions of a Mesogenic Long-Chain Tetraphenylporphyrin.- FT-Raman, FT-IR and Inelastic Neutron Scattering Studies of Maleimides.- Ethylenediaminetetra-acetic Acid (EDTA) Adsorption on a Modified Gamma Alumina Surface.- Qualitative Analyses of Iminodiacetic (IDA) and Nitrilotriacetic (NTA) Acids on Alumina by FT-IR.- FT-IR Investigation of Hydroxy-Acid Adsorption on an Alumina Surface.- FT-IR and Resonance Raman Study of Photo-Induced Valence Tautomerization of 2,3-Diphenylindenone Oxide.- The Possibilities of Identifying Photocopy Toners by Means of Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Scanning Microscopy (SEM-EDX).- FT-IR Spectroscopic Studies on Cyclic Models of H-Bonded Folded Polypeptide Structures.- FT-IR Spectra of Cadmium Calcium Pyrophosphate.- Characterization of Reaction Products on Solid Supports by FT-IR.- FT-Raman Spectroscopy of Modified Tetraisopropyltitanate Hydrolysates.- Far Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of Sugars and their Metal Complexes.- Local and Long-range Ordering of ?-Phenylcinnamic Acid Stereoisomers — a Mid and Far FT-IR Spectroscopic Investigation.- Phase Transition and Magnetic Structure in In2Cu2O5 and Sc2Cu2O5 by High-resolution FTS of a Rare Earth Probe.- FT-IR Study of the Coordination of an Organophosphonic Acid with Lanthanide Ions.- Ceramides/Cholesterol Mixtures as Characterized by FT Raman Spectroscopy.- FT-IR Study of Crystalline Tetrachlorometallates of Cinchonine.- Oxidation of Fullerene Materials.- FT-IR and Raman Spectroscopy of C58BN.- Chemometrics, Data Treatment, 2D-FTS.- Numerical Structure Representation and IR Spectra Prediction.- An Extension of the LOMEP Line-Narrowing Method.- Supervised and Unsupervised Methods of Classification of Raman Spectra of Explosives and Non-Explosives.- Numerical Simulation of IR-Spectroscopic Experiments.- Neural Networks as a Tool for Identity Confirmation of IR Spectra.- Optimization of Spectral Search Results for ATR Spectra in the Mid IR Region.- Simple Techniques for Phase Correction in VCD Measurements.- Absolute Infrared Intensities of Binary Mixtures of Liquid Chlorobenzene and Toluene.- An Approximate Method for the Calculation of the Infrared Molar Absorption Coefficient and Absorption Index Spectra of Liquids from Transmission Measurements.- Quantitative Analysis of Alkylbenzenesulphonates in Water Solution by ATR/FT-IR Spectroscopy.- Application of Detector Non-linearity Correction for FT-IR Spectrometric Gas Analysis of SF6 Samples.- Quantitative Infrared and Sub-millimetre Spectroscopy of Dielectric Single Crystals, Ceramics and Thin Films.- Systematic Errors of FT-IR Transmission Spectra.- Propagation of Calibration Errors in FT-IR Emission Spectroscopy of Gases.- A Procedure for Testing the Radiometric Accuracy of Fourier-transform Infrared Spectrometers.- A Computer Simulation of the Non-linearity Effect on FT-IR Measurements.- Near FT-IR Spectroscopy of Epoxy Diamine Formulations (Curing and Interactions).- FT-NIR Comparative Quantitative Performance for Complex Samples.- Microscopy y High Pressure FTS.- FT-IR Spectroscopy and Microscopy with a Diamond Cell Applied to Forensic and Industrial Samples.- A New Infrared Microspectrometer Accessory for External- and Internal-Reflection Spectroscopy.- Infrared Microspectroscopy with Synchrotron Radiation.- Cross-sectional Infrared Transmission Measurements for Highly Sensitive Thin Film Characterization.- Micro FT-IR and EXAFS Studies on Periodic and Chaotic Precipitation in Bile Salt Systems.- Single Fiber Characterization by Polarization FT-IR Microspectroscopy.- Synchrotron-Powered FT-IR Microspectroscopy: Single Cell Interrogation.- The Use of Micro Fourier-transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy with X-ray Microanalysis for the Identification of Automobile Paint Chips.- Application of Transmittance and Reflectance FT-IR Microscopy to Examination of Paints Transferred onto Fabrics.- An in Situ Infrared Study of Hydrogenation of CO over Rh/ZrO2.- Novel H-bonding in Acid Soaps and Pressure-induced Proton Shift. An FT-IR Approach.- Variable Temperature and Variable Pressure Spectroscopic Studies of Some Perovskites — LnTMO3.- An FT-IR Spectral Study on the Binuclear Complex of Dysprosium with a Tetraketone at High External Pressure.- Sample Preparation of Illicit Drugs for FT-IR Microspectrophotometry.- Low Temperature FTS, Matrix Isolation.- FT-IR Study of the Interaction Between Sidnone Derivatives and Butyl-lithium in Cold Solutions.- The Fourier-transform Infrared Spectra of the 1:1 Electron Donor-acceptor Complexes of Boron Trifluoride with Dimethyl Ether and Dimethyl Sulphide in Cryogenic Matrices.- Co-condensation of Cu and CO in an N2 Matrix.- Polymers.- Correlations of Attenuated Total Reflectance Spectra to Physical Properties or Polyurethane Foams.- Study of the Dynamics of Photoinduced Orientation of Azo Polymers By Infrared Spectroscopy.- Applications of FT-Raman and FT-IR Microspectroscopy in the Near Infrared to Polymer Analysis.- Orientation and Conformation in PET: New Information from Specular Reflection FT-IR.- Fourier-transform Infrared Dichroism Investigation of Molecular Orientation in Model Networks of Poly(dimethylsiloxane).- Rheo-Optical FT-IR Spectroscopy of Polyurethane-polyolefine Blends During Cyclic Elongation and Recovery.- Vibrational Spectra and Rotational Isomerism of Polydialkoxyphosphazenes.- FT-IR Study of the Molecular Orientation of Rubbed Polyimide Alignment Films.- Influence of Cross-linking Processes on the Orientation in Thermotropic Copolyesters Studied by FT-IR Spectrometry.- Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of the Crystallinity and the Hydrocarbon Chain Packing of the Polyethylene Segments in Poly(ethylene-co-dimethylaminoethyl Methacrylate).- Biological Samples.- In-vivo Measurements of Skin Tissue by Near-infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy.- Infrared Spectroscopy of Chemically Preserved Cervical Specimens on IR-transparent Disposable Filters.- Comparison of Bacteriorhodopsin Conformational Changes with Uniaxially Elongated Aliphatic Polyamide Samples by Using FT-IR Difference Spectroscopy.- Investigation of Acetylcholine Under the Influence of Different Electrostatic Fields by FT-IR Difference Spectroscopy.- FT-IR Studies on T-cell Epitopic Deletion Peptides of Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin.- Monitoring the Stepwise Hydration of Phospholipids in Films by FT-IR Spectroscopy.- FTIR/NIR Assessment of Ischemic Damage in the Rat Heart.- Structural Characterization of Supported Planar Bilayers by Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy.- FT-IR and Resonance Raman Studies of Structural Changes of Bacteriorhodopsin under Dehydration.- Microbeam FT-IR Spectroscopic Examination of Diseased Brain Tissues.- Semiconductors.- The Effect of Implantation Conditions on the Formation of SiC.- FT-IR Determination of Dopant Content in GaAs Structures.- Application of the Fourier Self-deconvolution Technique to Infrared Spectra of Chemical Impurities in Semiconductors.- Magneto-Optical Rotation Spectrum of Semiconductors.- Emission and Absorption Experiments on Strontium Titanate in Reducing Atmospheres.- Infrared Study of Oxygen Segregation at Structural Defects in Polycrystalline Silicon.- Theoretical Studies -I.- FT-IR Spectroscopy of Tetrahedrally Coordinated Impurities in Sillenites.- High Resolution FT-IR Spectroscopy of OH? Ion Perturbed by Sr2+ in KCl.- Vibrations of Monosubstituted Octasilasesquioxanes.- Far-Infrared Spectra and Potential Energy Surface for 5,6-Dihydro-4H-thiopyran.- Conformational Stability, Vibrational Spectra and ab initio Calculations for Ethyldifluorophosphine, Methoxydifluorophosphine and Chloromethyldifluorophosphine.- FT-IR Spectra of Xenon Solutions of c-C3H5CFO and CH2CHCFO.- Experimental Determination of the Dynamic Dipole Polarizability of the Cadmium Atom.- Vibrational Spectroscopy of Lithium Silicates and Aluminosilicates in Crystalline Form.- Vibrational Spectra of AlPO4 as a Structure Model for Silica.- Vibrational Spectroscopy of Borogermanate Glasses as Models for Aluminosilicate Glasses.- FT-IR Spectra of Enol-esters of 2-Aryl-2,3-dihydrophenalene-1,3-diones.- FT-IR Spectroscopy of OH? Ions in Borate Single Crystals.- Theoretical Studies — II.- Infrared and Raman Spectra of Hydroquinone Crystalline Modifications.- Towards Interpreting the FT-IR and VCD Spectra of Selected Octadeoxynucleotides.- Effects of Hydrogen Bonding and Solvation in Dielectric Media on the Amide I Frequencies: ab initio Molecular Orbital Study.- FT-Vibrational Circular Dichroism (VCD) Spectra and ab initio 6-31G*(0.3) Intensities for Camphor and 2-Vinyl-exo-borneol.- Badger and Herschbach-Laurie Constants for the Compounds of Xenon and Fluorine.- High Resolution and Atmospheric Studies.- FT-IR Spectroscopy of the CFC Replacements HFC-152a and HFC-227ea in a Supersonic Jet Expansion.- Analysis of Distortions in High-resolution Fourier-transform Spectra.- Vehicle Exhaust Gas Monitoring by Remote FT-IR Spectroscopy.- Infrared Gas Phase Spectrometry for Oxygen and Hydrogen Sulfide by UV Photolysis.- Emission Mode Fourier Spectroscopy of Smokestack Exhaust Gas.- Monitoring Indoor Air Quality by Extractive FT-IR Spectrometry.- Determination of Hydrocarbons in the Gases from Vehicle Exhausts by FT-IR Spectroscopy.- On-line Measurements of Exhaust Gas with an FT-IR-Spectrometer.- Optical Design and Performance of the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS).- Absolute FT-IR Line Positions with a Relative Error of 10-10.- High-Resolution FTS Study of Isotope Effects in LiLuF4·Ho3+.- Step-Scan, 2D-FTS, PAS, Time Resolved FTS.- Electric-field-induced Reorientation of a Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal with a Tolane Ring, (S)-4-Methy lhexyl-4-[4-(decyloxy) phenylethynyl]-2-fluorobenzoate Studied by Time-resolved FT-IR.- Advances in Photoacoustic Step-scan FT-IR Spectroscopy.- Applications of Infrared Imaging with a Focal Plane Array Detector and a Step-scan FT-IR Spectrometer.- Step-Scan FT-IR Photoacoustic (S2 FT-IR PA) Spectral Depth Profiling of Layered Materials.- Excited State Structure and Relaxation Dynamics of Polypyridyl Complexes of Low Spin d 6 Metal Ions by Means of Step-Scan FTIR Time-Resolved Spectroscopy (S2FT-IR TRS).- Step-Scan FT-IR Time-resolved Spectroscopy (S2FT-IR TRS) of the Electro-Reorientation of Liquid Crystalline Materials.- Step-Scan FT-IR Time-Resolved Spectroscopy (S2 FT-IR ?A TRS) of the Photodynamics of Carbonmonoxy-myoglobin.- 2DIR Spectra of Polymers Based on DIRLD Spectra.- Two-Dimensional FT-NIR Study of Dissociation of Hydrogen-Bonded N-Methylacetamide in the Pure Liquid State.- Utilizing Fourier-Transform Infrared Photoacoustic Spectroscopy to Analyze Underground Storage Tank Waste Material.- Depth Profiling by FT-IR Photoacoustic Spectroscopy.- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy vs. Chemical Categorization of Human Gallstones.- Surfaces, Films, ATR, IRRAS, DRIFTS.- Study of ZrO2 Coatings by Thermoanalytical and Fourier Spectroscopic Methods.- Order and Disorder in Self-Assembled Monolayers Probed by FT-RAIRS.- Monolayer Formation of Organosilane Compounds on Hydroxylic Surfaces.- Double Beam FT-IR Reflection Spectroscopy on Monolayers.- Determination of the Optical Constants of a Uniaxial Ultrathin Film from FT-IR Spectroscopy.- FT-IR Studies Accompanying the Development of a Plasmaless Etching Process on the Basis of the Elemental Halogens Bromine and Fluorine.- The Use of FT-IR Spectroscopy in Microtechnologies.- High-resolution FT-IR Spectroscopy of H2 and D2 Adsorbed on NaCl(Film)/NaCl(100).- Studies of Adsorption on Mineral Surfaces by FT Spectroscopy.- A Novel Method for Investigation of Dibasic Aromatic Acids on Oxidized Aluminium Surfaces by NIR-FT-SERS.- Enhanced Infrared Absorption of Thiourea Adsorbed on a Rough Silver Surface.- Oil Analysis on Metal Surfaces by Using DR-FT-IR Mapping Techniques.- Characterizing Langmuir-Blodgett Layers by Infrared Ellipsometry.- Quantitative Aspects of FT-SERS of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons on a Silver Surface.- Surface-enhanced Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy (SEIRA) Using Multireflection ATR-elements.- FT Infrared SEW Spectroscopy of Thin Films on Metal Surfaces by Using a Single Coupling Element or Composite SEW Waveguides.- ATR-FT-IR Spectroscopy of Proteins Adsorbed on Biocompatible Cellulose Films.- FT-IR Study of Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Chlorophyll a.- Crystal Effect on Penetration Depth in Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier-transform Infrared Study of Human Skin.- Internal Reflectance IR Spectroscopy of Langmuir Monolayer Films at the Air-Water Interface.- Determination of Microdomain Size in Langmuir-Blodgett Films of Binary Mixtures by IR Spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy.- The Phase Behavior of Binary Lipid Monolayers as Determined by Surface Chemistry and IR Spectroscopy.- Drift Spectroscopy for Determination of Organic Acids on Montmorillonite.- Fourier-transform Spectroscopy of Silicon Nitride Layers: Hydroge...